Return: Why We Go Back to Where We Come From, by Kamal Al-Solaylee (HarperCollins, September 7, 2021)Buy it used or new at SecondSale.com Immigrants, no matter our origins and skin tones, share a common delusion: we think we take pieces of our homelands with us and leave parts of ourselves behind whenever we choose or... Continue Reading →
A View From the Border
Book review: The Line Becomes a River, by Francisco CantĂș (Amazon / Book Depository) When I was in school, I spent all this time studying international relations, immigration, border security. I was always reading about policy and economics, looking at all these complex academic ways of addressing this big unsolvable problem. When I made the... Continue Reading →
Setting The Record Straight On The Donner Party
Book review: The Best Land Under Heaven, by Michael Wallis (Amazon) For as much true crime as I read and watch, I draw the line at cannibalism and anything near it. I mean, you have to have a line, you know? I'm fine with my extreme squeamishness about it. I feel like it would be... Continue Reading →